At first glance, it seems like an unusual pairing: Edith Wharton, the early-20th-century novelist who chronicled the rapidly changing lives of American women, and Xavier Veilhan, a contemporary French conceptual artist. This summer, the two will cross paths when Veilhan's large-scale sculptures are displayed in the formal gardens of the Mount, Wharton's restored home in Lenox, Massachusetts. The exhibit kicks off a two-year tribute to Wharton's admiration for French design; Veilhan's sculptures include aluminum and steel models of contemporary young women. It's a match the forward-thinking Wharton might have approved of.